[Peace-discuss] Success of decriminalization - strangely not in US media...

[C. G. Estabrook]

The BBC reports on Portugal's successful decriminalization of all drugs.

The natural alliance of police and dealers -- and the usefulness of drug laws 
for social control -- keeps the ridiculous US laws in place and gives the US the 
world's largest prison population.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2009/07/how_portugal_treats_drug_addic.html